Democratic Left People's Party

Democratic Left People's Party
Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi
Abbreviation DSHP
Founder Hulki Cevizoğlu, Rahşan Ecevit
Founded November 23, 2009
Dissolved June 12, 2010
Ideology Kemalism
Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
International affiliation None
European affiliation None
Colours White and blue
Website
dshp.org.tr
Politics of Turkey
Political parties
Elections

Democratic Left People's Party (Turkish: Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi, DSHP) was a short-lived political party in Turkey. It was founded by ex-members of Democratic Left Party, led by Rahşan Ecevit. Its founding leader was Hulki Cevizoğlu. Cevizoğlu quit the office on January 13, 2010.[1] In the founder's meeting on January 17, 2010, Rahşan Ecevit was elected as new leader.[2]

In May 2010, after Deniz Baykal's resignation of leadership of Republican People's Party, major left-wing party in Turkey, there was strong support for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the left-wing media. Rahşan Ecevit also supported Kılıçdaroğlu for the sake of unity in the left-wing. She joined the CHP congress on May 22, 2010, when Kılıçdaroğlu was elected as the new leader. Finally, the founder's board chose to close the party on June 12, 2010.[3]

Leaders

# Name Starts Ends Days in office
1 Hulki Cevizoğlu November 23, 2009 January 13, 2010 1 month 21 days
2 Rahşan Ecevit January 17, 2010 June 12, 2010 4 months 26 days

References

  1. "Başlamadan bitti" (in Turkish). Ntvmsnbc. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. "DSHP'de Cevizoğlu gitti, Ecevit geldi" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. "DSHP kapanıyor" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-27.